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meals? (Scamper off to the pantry.) Do they eat 

 at the pantry, or bring the nuts back to the bed- 

 room? How do they hold the nuts when eating? 

 How get at the meat? (Show shells from which the 

 squirrels have taken the meats.) What kind of 

 teeth must they have to gnaw into the shell in this 

 way? Do they chew their food? With what teeth? 

 [If possible, examine these teeth. The skull of the 

 squirrel would be of much service here.] What is 

 the movement of the jaw? Is it well for the 

 squirrel's teeth that he does not sleep all winter? 

 What would be the harm if he were to do so? (His 

 teeth keep growing. He needs to keep them worn 

 off at the tip that they may not become too long.) 



We know a little about the winter life of this 

 pretty squirrel. Its summer life is even more in- 

 teresting. Let us find out all that we can about 

 that, next term. See how early in the spring it 

 begins its work and play. We will find out, if we 

 can, what its summer work is, and what games it 

 plays. 



